30

Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary tax increases

Election results

Votes

Pct.

Yes

5,036,218

53.9%

No

4,298,981

46.1%

If it passes

Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative, would narrow the state's budget gap by bringing in $34 billion or more over seven years — much of it by raising income taxes temporarily on those with incomes over $250,000, and the rest by a temporary, quarter-cent increase in the sales tax.

The income tax increase would expire after seven years. The sales tax increase would expire after four years. The initiative would also guarantee aid to local governments to help pay for the responsibilities that the Legislature shifted onto their shoulders through Brown's public safety realignment strategy.

If the initiative fails, $6 billion in automatic cuts would go into effect this year, mainly at the expense of public schools.

Editorial: The Times' take

Tracking the money

A total of 3,718 individual contributions have been made to 33 committees supporting and opposing Proposition 30, raising $131,966,954. About 52% of the money raised has been to support the proposition. The list below shows the top individual contributions supporting and opposting the measure. Follow the links for additional detail.

Support

$68,550,563

Oppose

$63,416,391

Support contributions by state

$1

$10K

$100K

$500K

$1M

+

State

Amount

%

California

$57,104,257

83.3%

Out of state

$11,446,305

16.7%

Opposition contributions by state

$1

$10K

$100K

$500K

$1M

+

State

Amount

%

California

$52,155,391

82.2%

Out of state

$11,261,000

17.8%

Single contributions by size

Support

Oppose

Largest single contributions in support

#

Name

Date

Amount

1

California Teachers Association Issues PAC (Cta)

Sept. 20, 2012

$3,500,000

2

Democratic State Central Committee of CA

Oct. 18, 2012

$1,540,377

3

Californians Working Together To Restore And Protect Public Schools, Universities And Public Safety

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* The totals for contributions to Proposition 30 include those from nine committees working to support or oppose multiple propositions. The $55,341,006 raised is included in the totals for each proposition. This could skew the totals reported here.

* Committees campaigning for or against a proposition can contribute money to other committees working to support or oppose any of the propositions on the November ballot. To date, this committee-to-committee giving accounts for about $20.4 million. Also, totals for propositions do not include unitemized contributions under $100.